The most meaningless battle in history: our troops beat our troops without knowing it

A disastrous mistake pushed the Austrian troops into fighting with themselves.

The history of mankind has seen how many wars and wars are different. There are intrigue-filled shootings, there are very powerful national wars.

However, without lack of battle, the cause of it is oddly unbelievable. And the most striking is probably the fighting between the Austrian army and . its own army.

The event happened on the night of the 21st, the morning of September 22, 1788, in the context of the Austrian army in the battle against the Ottoman Empire (Turkey today).

The battle took place in the context of the Austrian army in the battle against the Ottoman Empire.

About 100,000 Austrian troops led by Emperor Joseph II decided to stay in the city of Carancebes after the night march. The soldiers set up camp in front of the Timis River to rest, while a group of pioneers of cavalry crossed the river to investigate the situation.

Without seeing any signs of the Turkish army, the soldiers went to the nearby Digan to buy wine and sat down to drink together.

Not seeing the patrol soldiers returning, a group of infantry soldiers crossed the river to find out what happened, and found their comrades were full.

But unexpectedly, when this group of soldiers offered to ask for some wine, the cavalry did not care and continued their fun. Both sides are fighting and fighting. The threat of gunfire rang out.

It is not too complicated to come here. The story only turns to the other direction when not knowing where to raise the cry: "The Earth Force!" The enemy thought it was real, neither the infantry nor the cavalry were contented to argue with each other but panicked and swam towards the barracks.

The most silly battle in history.

Here, the situation began to become chaotic. When the German officer calmed the army in his mother tongue: "Halt! Halt!" (Stop! Stop!) , The soldiers who do not speak German hear: "Allah! Allah!" but thought that Muslim Turks were attacking.

Without hesitation, all the soldiers loaded and discharged into the darkness, thinking that the Earth troops were everywhere, unaware that they were shooting at their comrades. Even the Austrian commander in critical situation ordered the artillery to fire. The battle only ended when the Austrian army decided to withdraw from . themselves, so that they realized there was no Earth troops behind them.

It was morning when the death scene appeared. About 10,000 Austrian soldiers were injured. But the consequences don't stop there. Two days later, the real Turkish army arrived and easily captured Carancebes in the helplessness of the Austrian army.

Historically, our "fighting against our troops" struggles are mistakenly called "friendly fire" , although it ends up being "friendly" at all.